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Merit School of Music: Performathon Part 2

August 8, 2015, 11:00 am

On Saturday’s broadcast, we present the second of two programs featuring the Merit School of Music’s 2015 Performathon, an annual two day music and fundraising extravaganza featuring the students of the Alice S. Pfaelzer Tuition-free Conservatory.

This broadcast featured numerous chamber ensembles that performed on Saturday, February 28, 2015 in Anne and Howard Gottlieb Hall at the Merit School of Music.

Thank you to the Baskin Family Foundation and Ruth Miner Swislow for their sponsorship of Merit’s 2015 Performathon.
For more information about the Merit School of Music, please visit: Merit School of Music.

Listen

Sonata da Chiesa, Op. 146, by Jan Koetsier
Trio per Uno, by Nebojša Živković
Third movement from Saxophone Quartet, Op. 102, by Florent Schmitt
Three Pieces, by Walter Piston
Over the Rainbow, arranged by Aaron Albin
“You’ll Never Walk Alone,” from Carousel, by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Mediterranean Sundance, by Al Di Meola
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms

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Robbie Ellis joined the WFMT team as a part-time presenter in 2015, and went full-time in 2020 as the producer and presenter of Introductions. You can also hear him on air on Sunday afternoons. He's fronted a variety of broadcasts and events for WFMT, including hosting Classical Cabaret from the piano. Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, he has a Composition degree from the University of Auckland and started in classical music radio at RNZ Concert. Outside of radio, he has created comedy classical concerts with the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago and Fourth Coast Ensemble, and he works as a music director at the Chicago Magic Lounge, The Second City, and The Annoyance Theater. Robbie hosts pre-concert talks for Classical Music Chicago, the Grant Park Music Festival, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; he has had compositions played by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, among others; and you can find his comedy albums on Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music.

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Merit School of Music: Performathon Part 2